Question

Choose the correct sequence of stages of growth curve for bacetria

• A. lag, log, stationary, decline phase
• B. lag, log, stationary phase
• C. stationary, lag, log, decline phase
• D. decline, lag, log phase

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

lag, log, stationary, decline phase

Answer 2

When microbes are grown in a closed system or batch culture, the resulting growth curve has usually four phases : (a) lag phase (b) exponential (= log phase) (c) stationary phase (d) death phase.